Some mini-workshops & demos are very hands-on and at the end of Collaborations Workshop learners are confident to use the software, approach or standard on their daily work. Others present something earlier in the day, and the audience engages in a constructive discussion with the presenters which sometimes leads to some ideas for the hackday on the third day of the Collaborations Workshop.

For Collaborations Workshop 2018 (CW18), we expect to have more fantastic mini-workshops & demos and we’re excited to announce the first four: "Making research software easily citable with the Citation File Format" with Stephan Druskat, "Code is Science—open source scientific code manifesto" with Yo Yehudi, "Python testing with pytest" with Matt Williams, and a session related to Overleaf, one of our Platinum Sponsors, with John Lees-Miller and Villy Ioannou.

Testing your code is important and if you’re coding with Python, you’re probably using pytest. If you aren't using pytest yet, Matt's demo will be a great way to start doing so. Finally, Overleaf is a cloud-based LaTeX editor that will boost productivity for anyone working with LaTeX. So, why not discover ways to make the most of it with Jonh and Villy?

In a couple of weeks, we will announce the full list of mini-workshops & demos at CW18. For now, you can find more information about them at the CW18 page.